Question

Calcutta (Kolkata) had been the capital of India till which year?
(a) 1910 AD
(b) 1911 AD
(c) 1913 AD
(d) 1947 AD

Answer 1

Answer:

1910 AD

option a is the answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

(b) 1911 AD

Explanation:

Calcutta was a colonial town founded by the British East India Company and the British Empire afterwards. Kolkata was the capital of the British Indian Empire until the capital was transferred to Delhi in 1911.

Kolkata grew rapidly into the British Indian Empire's second city in the 19th century. This was followed by the creation of a culture that fused with Indian and European ideas. It was the capital of all Bengal from 1912 to India's Independence in 1947. Calcutta remained the capital of West Bengal's Indian government after Independence.